diff --git a/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f0783ed66c..40f32625ecf 100644
--- a/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8.0)  # source_group(TREE)
 project( rsutils )
 
+set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "") # remove -w flag for rsutils
 add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC "" )
 # We cannot directly interface with nlohmann_json (doesn't work on bionic)
 #target_link_libraries( ${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC nlohmann_json )
 target_compile_features( ${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_14 )
 set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES FOLDER Library )
-set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "") # remove -w flag for rsutils
 
 target_include_directories( ${PROJECT_NAME}
     PUBLIC